Dictionary of Indian Biography/Broughton, Thomas Duer
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BROUGHTON, THOMAS DUER (1778–1835)
Son of Rev. T. Broughton: educated at Eton: went to India in 1795 in the Bengal Army: was at the siege of Seringapatam in 1799, and military Resident with the Mahrattas in 1802: commanded the island of Java: Colonel, 1829: died Nov. 16, 1835: wrote Letters from a Mahratta Camp, and Selections from the Popular Poetry of the Hindus, 1814: Hony. Secy. R.A.S.